By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
Rupert Murdoch just gave Facebook the thumbs down.
After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - dramatically, as it turns out - and these days even if you're friends with your own kids on Facebook, it doesn't mean you know what they're doing.
Facebook doesn't want to be dismissed as an Internet has-been before its social network even enters its adolescence.
Facebook, which reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, has more than 1 billion people logging in each month. It's a rapid growth for a service that began in a Harvard dorm room less than nine years ago.
It started out a stunner: The Heisman Trophy runner-up had told heartbreaking stories about a dead girlfriend who didn't exist. Then it became unreal: The All-American linebacker said he had been duped, and theirs was a relationship that existed only in phone calls and Internet chats.
It started out a stunner: The Heisman Trophy runner-up had told heartbreaking stories about a dead girlfriend who didn't exist. Then it became unreal: The All-American linebacker said he had been duped, and theirs was a relationship that existed only in phone calls and Internet chats.
Facebook says it now has more than 1 billion people logging in each month. It's a rapid growth for a service that began in a Harvard dorm room less than nine years ago.
"Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away."
BACK AGAIN? MySpace, the once-mighty social network turned entertainment site, is trying to stage yet another comeback with the help of Justin Timberlake, an investor.
Myspace must put a new privacy program in place as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
This week, Facebook launched a new app for iPhones and iPads, while the federal government clears the company's deal to buy Instagram. Here are some key developments in the eight years since Facebook Inc.'s creation:
Jonathan Miller, chief digital officer of News Corp., is leaving the company at the end of September as he seeks a more hands-on role with a standalone firm.
The Federal Trade Commission voted Friday to finalize its settlement with Facebook, resolving charges that the social network exposed details about users' lives without getting the required legal consent.
The federal government has finalized its settlement with Facebook to resolve charges that the social network exposed details about users' lives without getting the required legal consent. It isn't the only tech company to have dealings with the government over privacy.
Google is paying a record $22.5 million fine to settle allegations that it broke a privacy promise. It isn't the only tech company to have dealings with the government over privacy.
